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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Lot 14
05.12.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1308593
Lot 14 | REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Abraham entertaining the Angels
etching and drypoint
1656
on firm, warm-toned Japan paper
a brilliant, very atmospheric impression
suffused with rich, velvety burr
with a light plate tone and inky plate edges
with small margins
in very good condition
Plate 159 x 129 mm.
Sheet 163 x 133 mm.




Provenance

Probably Nathaniel Smith (1740/41- circa 1809), London (without mark; see Lugt 2296; inscribed with the Daulby cat. no. 30 in brown ink recto).
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London and Arlesford (Lugt 1227); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 15-19 June 1891, lot 463 ('on India paper') (£ 7.15; to Davidsohn).
Paul Davidsohn (1839-1924), London, Vienna & Berlin (Lugt 654); his sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 26-29 April 1921, lot 19 ('Herrlicher, ganz früher Abdruck voll Grat, mit Plattenton und rauhen Rändern, auf japanischen Papier. Mit Rand. Aus der Sammlung Seymour Haden. Ein ungewöhnlich schönes Exemplar.') (Mk. 15,000; to Cassirer).
With Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
Felix Somary (1881-1956), Vienna, Zurich, Washington D.C. (Lugt 4384); then by descent.
With Artemis Fine Arts, London & N. G. Stogdon, New York; on consignment from the heirs of the above; their catalogue, Etchings by Rembrandt from the collection of Felix Somary, New York, 1985, no. 4 ('A magnificent impression, suffused with burr. With small margins.') ($ 112,000; to Roberts).
Mary Gordon Roberts (1938-2019), New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094; on the support sheet recto); acquired from the above in 1996 (through Susan Pinsky and Marc Rosen); then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

Bartsch, Hollstein 29; Hind 286; New Hollstein 295 (this impression cited)
Stogdon 4



Exhibited

Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Catalogue of the Etched Work of Rembrandt Selected for Exhibition at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1877, no. 205, p. 105 (on loan from Seymour Haden).
Artist:Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669)
Applied technique:Drypoint, Etching
Art style:Old Masters
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